Oze 4

1 Seyè a gen yon pwose l'ap mennen ak moun k'ap viv nan peyi a. Nou menm, pitit Izrayèl yo, koute sa Seyè a ap di: -Nan peyi a, bonjou moun pa laverite. Yo pa gen bon kè ankò. Pa gen moun ki konn Bondye ankò nan peyi a.

Hear the Lord’s message, Israelites, for the Lord has brought charges against the inhabitants of the land, for there is no fidelity, nor true love, nor knowledge of God in the land,

2 Se fè sèman pou gremesi, se bay manti. Se touye moun, se vòlò, se fè adiltè. Y'ap kraze gason, se krim sou krim.

but cursing, lying, and murder, stealing, committing adultery, and deeds of violence, and acts of bloodshed quickly follow each other.

3 Se poutèt sa, peyi a pral nan lapenn. Tout moun nan peyi a pral deperi. Tout zannimo nan savann, tout zwazo k'ap vole nan syèl, tout pwason nan lanmè pral mouri.

Therefore the land mourns, all its inhabitants languish, the wild animals and the birds of the skies, even the fish of the sea are dying.

4 Seyè a di: Piga pesonn louvri bouch yo di yon mo! Piga pesonn kritike anyen! Se nou menm prèt yo, m'ap akize koulye a.

Yet let no one bring charges, let none accuse, for your people are like those, who bring charges against a priest.

5 Gwo lajounen, n'ap fè sa nou pa t' dwe fè. Lannwit menm, ata pwofèt yo ap fè tankou nou. Se fini m'ap fini ak pèp la ki tankou yon manman sitirèz pou nou.

You stumble by day, and the prophet stumbles with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.

6 Pèp mwen an ap fini, paske li pa konnen mwen. Prèt yo voye tou sa mwen te moutre yo jete. Se konsa, mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap rekonèt yo pou prèt mwen ankò. Yo voye tou sa mwen menm, Bondye yo a, mwen te moutre yo a jete. Mwen menm tou, m'ap voye pitit yo jete.

My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being priest to me. Since you have forgotten the teaching of your God, I also will forget your children.

7 Plis nou gen prèt, se plis n'ap fè sa ki mal devan je m'. Se poutèt sa, kote pou yo ta respekte nou an, se la y'ap fè nou wont.

The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. I will change their dignity to dishonour.

8 Plis pèp la plonje nan fè peche, se plis n'ap vin pi rich. Se konsa nou ta renmen wè pèp la fè peche plis toujou.

They feed on the sin offerings of my people, so they hunger after their guilt.

9 Sa k'ap rive pèp la, se sa k'ap rive nou tou, nou menm prèt yo. M'ap regle nou pou tout move mès nou yo. M'ap fè nou peye tou sa nou fè ki mal.

Thus it comes to be, like people, like priest: I will visit upon each punishment for their ways, and their deeds I will repay them.

10 N'a manje sa ki pou nou nan bèt nou ofri yo, men n'a rete grangou toujou. N'ap fè sèvis pou zidòl yo pretann di k'ap bay pitit, men n'a rete san fè pitit. Tou sa, paske nou vire do bay Seyè a pou nou kouri dèyè lòt bondye.

They will eat and not be satisfied, they will sleep around but stay childless, because they have abandoned the Lord to give themselves to

11 Seyè a di: -Nan sèvi lòt bondye, fanm, diven ak bweson fè pèp la pèdi tèt li.

prostitution. Old and new wine take away the understanding.

12 Se yon moso bwa y' al mande sa pou yo fè! Se yon bout bwa ki pou di yo sa yo bezwen konnen! Yo tankou yon fanm marye ki lage kò l' nan fè jennès, yo pèdi tèt yo. Y'ap kouri dèyè lòt bondye, y'ap twonpe Seyè a!

My own people ask counsel of a piece of wood! A stick gives them advice! For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, they commit adultery against their God.

13 Yo moute sou tèt mòn yo al ofri bèt pou touye. Y' al boule lansan sou ti mòn yo, anba pye bwadchenn, anba pye sikren ak pye mapou, kote ki gen bon lonbraj! Se poutèt sa, pitit fi yo ap lage kò yo nan jennès, bèlfi yo ap fè adiltè.

On the heights of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense under oaks and poplars and terebinths, for their shade is so pleasant. Therefore your daughters become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

14 Non. Mwen p'ap pini ni pitit fi nou yo, ni bèlfi nou yo pou sa y'ap fè a, paske se nou menm gason k'ap fèmen kò nou apa ak medam k'ap fè jennès nan tanp yo. Nou mete tèt ansanm ak yo pou fè sèvis pou lòt bondye. Tankou pawòl la di: Yon pèp ki san konprann, se yon pèp ki fini.

I will not punish your daughters for committing prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law for adultery. Your men visit prostitutes, sacrifice with cult prostitutes. So a people without understanding come to ruin!

15 Si moun Izrayèl yo vle vire do ban mwen, mwen ta swete moun Jida yo pa fè menm jan an tou! Pa ale lavil Gilgal! Pa moute Betavenn pou fè sèvis! Pa pran non Bondye vivan an pou fè sèman!

Though you commit adultery, Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, nor swear an oath, ‘As the Lord lives.’

16 Paske, moun Izrayèl yo gen tèt di pase milèt pòt. Ki jan pou Seyè a ka mennen yo al manje nan savann tankou ti mouton?

Like a wilful heifer, Israel is stubborn. Can the Lord now feed them as he would a lamb in a broad pasture?

17 Moun Efrayim yo menm lage kò yo bay zidòl yo nèt. Kite yo pou kont yo!

Ephraim is wedded to idols. Leave them alone!

18 Yo mete tèt yo ansanm ak yon bann gwògè. Yo lage kò yo nan fanm. Yo pito sa ki pou fè yo wont la pase sa ki pou ta fè moun respekte yo.

When their drinking is over they sleep with the cult prostitutes, their rulers love shameful ways.

19 Yo pran nan yon move kouran. Y'a wont ofrann bèt y'ap fè pou touye pou zidòl yo.

A windstorm will wrap them in its wings and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.